Hello, Bluesky. We are so happy to be here with you all. If you don't know us, we are the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission -- a federal government agency responsible for making sure thousands of kinds of consumer products are safe.
How close are you trying to get the font? I may be able to dig up a closer one. This is lovely BTW. Almost makes me want to play Starfleet Battles.
Hector will be running DramaSystem by @robindlaws.bsky.social set in the violent conflicts of the Baader Meinhof Komplex.
...the reason is that the big part of what trump voters LIKE ABOUT TRUMP is that he is neither polished nor smooth nor slick. they like that he seems unhinged — it allows them to dismiss his words as mere performance. a guy like vance sort of forces you to accept that he really means it.
These mainstream pronatalist pieces are being published while Musk is ranting on X using pronatalist conspiracy theories to argue America needs to elect an authoritarian:
This is egregiously dishonest. Murder fell by 11% according to UCR data in 2023 which is not only a decrease but the largest decrease on record, with the next largest decrease of 9% having taken place in 1996 during the great crime decline. This is just actively lying at this point imo
Student mobilization around Gaza was countered by (a) large donor mobilization against the students and (b) targeted congressional hearings. The modern American university system, after decades of defunding higher ed, is MUCH more attuned to the will of Bill Ackman et al than of the student body.
Tangential: Buncombe County is the origin of the term "bunkum".
Someone already cited 1996's The Truth About Cats and Dogs, where Janeane Garofalo was supposed to be the "ugly" love interest. It wasn't just the narrative, though- I've heard Garofalo talk about how her appearance was discussed on set, including trying to "slim" her with vertical lines, like here:
